Data Engineering Jobs in United Kingdom
There are 5,008 open Data Engineering jobs in United Kingdom on freehire right now. 2,753 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are python, sql and data-pipelines.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBP | year | £65,000 | £85,000 | £95,000 | 273 |
| GBP | day | £500 | £650 | £675 | 54 |
| USD | year | $78,884 | $86,767 | $158,125 | 10 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- python 47%
- sql 46%
- data-pipelines 45%
- cloud 43%
- data-engineering 42%
- analytics 40%
- ai 30%
- azure 28%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 1,144 · 23%
- Remote 217 · 4%
- Onsite 25 · 0%
Visa sponsorship offered in 26% of the 224 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 1,362
- Lead 660
- Principal 176
- Staff 111
- C-level 96
- Junior 76
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 415
- 501-1000 employees 210
- 51-200 employees 66
- 11-50 employees 58
- 201-500 employees 12
- 1-10 employees 6
Data Engineer for Data-Driven Housing Insights
Data Engineer at a housing association designing data products, pipelines, and models to support reporting, analytics, and decision-making across the business.
Data Engineer – Full Time – Telford
Builds and maintains ETL pipelines and Oracle database solutions for a UK government data exploitation program, using Talend and SQL. Focuses on data integration, CI/CD improvements, testing, and mentoring junior engineers in a hybrid Agile team.
Data Engineer — Hybrid London: Build Scalable Pipelines
Junior/Mid-level Data Engineer building scalable data pipelines with Python and SQL on an on-premise data platform for trading and analytics in a financial services company. Hybrid 6-month contract in London.
Data Engineer, On-chain Measurement
Builds and maintains a production-grade on-chain measurement system for Solana, sampling transactions, validating data integrity, and publishing transparent, reproducible datasets to inform routing decisions. Focuses on expanding measurement scope while ensuring defensible statistical rigor.
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer (6-month contract, hybrid London) building scalable data ingestion and transformation pipelines for customer data at a UK retail org, using Python, SQL, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), and tools like Databricks, Spark, Kafka, Airflow, and dbt.
Data Engineer: Build Scalable Pipelines in Microsoft Fabric
Data Engineer designing, building, and maintaining ELT data pipelines and data warehouse processes in Microsoft Fabric, collaborating with analysts and governance teams on data quality and documentation.
Lead Data Engineer
Lead a team owning TodayTix Group’s data platform—designing, scaling, and maintaining Snowflake/dbt pipelines that power product, growth, finance, and AI tooling across a growing portfolio of live-event brands.
Associate, Lead Data Engineer
Lead the design and maintenance of Liverpool FC’s data platform, building scalable AWS-based pipelines, ETL processes, and data models in Python and SQL to power analytics and decision-making.
Senior Data Engineer
Leads a small data engineering team to design, build, and optimize Azure-based data pipelines, warehouses, and reporting environments using Fabric, Synapse, and SQL, while mentoring engineers and improving platform performance.
Senior Data Engineer: Remote, Client-Facing Data Pipelines
Builds and maintains cloud-based data pipelines for clients, ensuring seamless data flow while working directly with stakeholders to meet project needs.
Azure Data Platform Engineer: Pipelines & Integration
Data Engineer working on the DataCube platform—integrating data sources, building and supporting data pipelines, and contributing to Azure cloud data architecture to enable reporting, analytics, automation, and AI.
Senior Data Engineer — Hybrid, AI-Driven Data Pipelines
Design and build AI-driven data pipelines for cybersecurity training datasets, using Python, SQL, and cloud platforms in a hybrid role.
GCP Data Engineer - Build Scalable Pipelines
Data Engineer building and maintaining scalable data infrastructure for analytics and product development using Python/Java/Scala, SQL/NoSQL databases, GCP, and big data technologies.
Senior Data Engineer: Scalable Pipelines & Governance
A mid/senior Data Engineer designing, building, and optimizing ETL/ELT pipelines, data models, and governance foundations using Azure Data Factory, Spark, and Databricks in London.
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer at a consultancy building and automating data pipelines and storage solutions for enterprise and public sector clients, using cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), Python, and SQL within agile/CI/CD environments.
Senior Data Engineer
Data Engineer building and maintaining large-volume E2E data pipelines for an energy trading client in central London, using Python and SQL with potential Snowflake exposure.
Data Engineer Manager
Leads a data engineering team to build and govern a housing association’s Azure-based data platform, focusing on strategy, governance, and stakeholder alignment while maintaining hands-on technical work (20-30%).